THANKSGIVING WEEKEND

So this was our first Thanksgiving together!!! It was a normal Thanksgiving for me; but wow was it different for Ty!

We spent Thanksgiving with my dads side of the family in the little podunk town of McDermit, Nevada. Population of 300! However, we have a huge family that all came so our Thanksgiving consisted of 40 people where Ty is used to having Thanksgiving with maybe 10 people. To make it even more different for him we had our feast at the "Say When" casino that my grandparents own! We had dinner, then played these silly little games that my grandma invented and then did some line and swing dancing! Then we went down a gambled a little bit where we lost about $20 dollars on the "Wheel of Fortune." But my mom being the luckiest person i know but in 25 cents and won $150 dollars!

There were so many people staying at my grandparents house that you could not walk without stepping on someone! Ty and I were lucky and both got a bed though!

On Friday Ty and the guys went out Cyote hunting for the day so me, my parents and Kayla my brothers girlfriend took a 3 mile walk into town! Of course, my dad had to then take Kayla on the tour of the old town to show her where he grew up and how different it is than city life! After that we went to Brunch with a few locals and I heard some crazy stories about my dad that make me feel alot less sorry about the hell I put him through! haha

After the guys got home we started our traditional tournament of Pinocle. It is the funnest card game out there! It requires alot of thinking and the ability to count cards. It took Ty awhile to catch on but once he did he was hooked! After that the rest of the weekend consisted of eating left over Thanksgiving dinner, and playing pinocle in our free time.

Friday night we went out with all the cousins and played good ol' kick the can! Not the best idea to play when it is that dark! Ty fell in a ditch and cut open both hands and his left knee. It is now Tuesday and his knee is still bleeding! Collin lost a tooth and my cousins Tyler, Barry, and Brandon all fell and scrapped themselves up a bit too! After that we went in and played poker dealers choice until about two in the morning. And walked away with about $20 dollars which made up for the money we lost at wheel of fortune!

Saturday we played pinocle all day long and then got all 40 people together that night and played scatagories. It was a blast!!! Then we took the 8 hour drive back home on Sunday!

Ty is a pretty quite guy and the Wilkinson family is loud and are always out to embarress the new guy! I felt kinda bad for him! But he fit in just great after awhile!